2013年11月北京地区成人英语三级考试真题及答3.docxVIP

2013年11月北京地区成人英语三级考试真题及答案解析Part I　Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are three passages inthis part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decideon the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:For 20 months the wrecked?CostaConcordia?has been lying on its side near the coast of Giglio, a smallItalian island. But on Tuesday, as part of the largest salvage（打捞）operation everconducted，the large ship was finally moved to the upright position. Thenext step is for the vessel to be removed from the area entirely.The?Costa Concordia?is twicethe weight of the Titanic. The ship itself didn’t budge（稍微移动）for the firstthree hours of the operation, Sergio Girotto told reporters. He and otherengineers worked for 19 hours before?Concordiawas declared completely upright.The?Costa Concordia?capsized?on January 13, 2012，after itscaptain, Francesco Schettino，brought the ship too closeto the shore. The ship hit coastal rocks, which caused serious damage andallowed water to pour in. (76)?Most of the 4,200 people on board made it toland safely, but more than 30 people were killed in the disaster.?Twopeople remain missing. The?Concordia’scaptain is currently on trial for causing a shipwreck and abandoning his ship.The operation to right the ship is called parbuckling. While parbucklingis a standard operation to right capsized ships，it has never before beenused on such a large ship.（77）Workers had beenwaiting for favorable weather conditions to undertake the operation. On Monday，authorities gavethe final go-ahead.The process was expected to take no more than 12 hours. But problems withthe large system of steel chains caused delays. Engineers worked through thenight using cables and metal water tanks to roll the ship onto specialplatforms.The Concordia is expected to be pulled away from Giglio